The new born Youth Olympic Games saw its first ever gold medal go to Japanese girl Yuka Sato in the women's triathlon on Sunday.

The opening day of the competition featured a new Olympic format for basketball and the opening of the World Culture Village.

Sato, 18, led the pack to finish the 750-meter swim in open water, a 20km ride, and a 5km run ahead of Australian Ellie Salthouse and pre-race favorite Kelly Whitley of the United States.

"It's a first ever Games, first ever medal and it makes me and Japan very proud," said an ecstatic Sato.

Japan's Yuka Sato reacts during the awarding ceremony for women's triathlon final at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, Aug. 15, 2010. Yuka Sato won the title with 1:00:49.69.

Kim Heesun of South Korea collided with Cristina Luizzet Betancourt de Leon and was taken to hospital where she remains in a stable condition under observation.

On the basketball court, the 3-on-3 basketball made its debut in the Olympics. The three-a-side format was clearly a new attraction to the spectators.

One impressed spectator soaking up the excitement of the new format was Singapore's deputy prime minister Teo Chee Hean.

"I think it's wonderful, the players are obviously enjoying themselves," he said. "It's a new format and I think it's very suitable for the young people."

For the Chinese athletes, they were not only working hard for themselves, but also devoting their good results to the victims in a massive mudslide disaster in Northwest China.

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